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Police services seize the future
How technology can combat crime.
Goulburn jail riot over BBQ, not religion, says prison officers’ union
Risk of violence increased by overcrowding and depleted staff ratios.
Turnbull dials-up Triple Zero review
Communications regulators are looking at how well Australia’s emergency call system works and what innovations might be included in the future.
Victoria hits hiring accelerator on Digital Government
By Julian Bajkowski The Victorian government is conspicuously muscling up on its technology leadership smarts after the state revealed it is on the hunt for no fewer than five top…
Australia’s police DNA database expands to cover disasters
By Paul Hemsley Police investigators across Australia will soon have better access to the federal government’s national DNA database through a powerful new search engine that will allow detectives to…
SA cops told to put bikies on the map
By Julian Bajkowski Police in South Australia are taking advice on how curb the state’s bike menace using digital mapping and geographic information systems to keep tabs on the two-wheeled…
Real improvements no accident
By Rod Whithear* More than 40,000 people in Western Australia saved themselves the inconvenience of queuing up in a police station or waiting on the phone to report a vehicle…
ASIO warns of internet terror recruitment
By Julian Bajkowski The head of Australia’s domestic spy agency has revealed that internet-addicted loners and individuals with far right-wing and white-supremacist views have escalated as an area of concern…
Queensland mounts contractor fraud crackdown
By Paul Hemsley Contractors working on building projects who fib in statutory declarations face prosecution and up to three years jail under a Queensland government crackdown on bogus statutory declarations….